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Byron Wesley could have played his last year of basketball at USC and taken a course in ballroom dancing, the class Matt Leinart made famous in 2005, as part of his postgraduate stay as quarterback for the Trojans' top-ranked football team. "Some of my buddies took that class too," Wesley joked. "But I don't think dancing is my forte." Actually, Wesley had his sights set on a dance USC isn't offering at this moment — the NCAA tournament. Wesley faced a decision. He could finish his career at USC as the minutes-heavy star of a team in transition under new Coach Andy Enfield. Or, he could take advantage of one of the few rules in college sports...

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